Polish Sign Language

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Polish Sign Language
Polski Język Migowy
Signed in: Poland
Total signers: ?
Language family: unknown
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: sgn-PL
ISO 639-3: pso

 

Polish Sign Language ("Polski Język Migowy", PJM) is the language of the Deaf community in Poland. Its lexicon and grammar are distinct from the Polish language, although there is a manually coded version of Polish known as System Językowo-Migowy (SJM, or Signed Polish), which is often used by interpreters on television and by teachers in schools.

[edit] Manual alphabet

Polish Sign Language uses a one-handed manual alphabet based on the alphabet used in Old French Sign Language.

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